Another kind of wood to hoard...

We got some heavy pieces of equipment in at work and I was able to get a lot of the shipping timbers.
It was 3x4 white pine, I believe, and heat treated...
We like to place 2 pieces N/S in the stove, with a little paper and splitter scraps between them, then small limbs and splits E/W to start a fire
Some had regular grain and some was tight and fairly heavy...
Set the new DeWalt miter saw up under the tractor shed and cut them to 11 1/2" long...
Got 40 pieces in this tub...
And 194 in this box, they will get stacked in some metal cans we have...
We have enough cut now to start 117 fires in the stove.
Also have 4 beams over 8' long that can be used to build another shed if needed. Also have a few 1x4's that will probably get cut to 18" for kindling strips.

 

Can't go wrong with all that stuff.

 

Wow! What a great score…. I could think of all kinds of ways to repurpose those

 

Nice!
I got some very similar stuff a few years ago when we bought a new machine at work that came from Germany...the crate was almost 40' long, with a "splice" in the middle...would have been nice to get that 20' long lumber, but the contractor cut the crate into quarters...I still scrounged it
Still haven't used all those pieces yet, but I think I did burn some of the shorter stuff...lights up VERY easily!

 

YOU'RE BURNING PINE???!!! Gonna burn your house down

All kidding aside, that's a nice find.

Reminds me of when I would search the yards at my supply houses years back. One used to have small pallets made of 2x4 & 1x6 oak and hard maple. Few quick cuts with the circular saw and in the stove they went.

 

Very nice score. Ill be waiting to hear of you firing up the stove on those chilly August nights now

 

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You need to come down here in August, my friend.

 

They make great kindling. I've been making raised beds out of pallets and throwing the left overs and bad pieces into the kindling bins.

 

What I cut up today was anywhere from 18"-75" long...we got some about 20' or so a few years ago from here at the plant, used them to build this 2 cord shed.

 

Pine stud cutoffs are my favorite kindling. Splits down nice and will dang near match light. I had a pile of them I used for a couple seasons.

 

We know what was going on during those Maryland trips Dennis...A little less physical activity and you would have been fine!

 

I bet you'd welcome a "chilly August night" down there!

 

Or you could come here and get chilly and build a fire

 

Did a September in Mississippi once, that’s close enough. So hot and humid you can toss a piece of plywood in the ground and a few days later it’ll sprout shoots and suckers Havent been able to wear a pair of socks since. Even in 12” of snow I wear moccasins with no socks.

 

I wouldn't mind a trip up that way in the fall.

 

Let us know when

 

As long as there's no MB or SF markings you're good.

SF – Sulphuryl Fluoride
MB – Methyl Bromide

 

How you like the new miter saw? I got the same one and stand not too long ago. I was too cheap to buy one before and thought I never really needed a miter and would always would use a circular saw. Within an hour of using the miter, I thought why didn't I buy one years ago.
I also was using to cut down scraps for kindling.